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Line 1: {{Short description\|Italian racing driver (1906–1963)}} {{Infobox F1racing driver \| name = Franco Comotti ▼ \| name ~~image~~ = Franco Comotti~~.jpg~~ ▲\| image ~~name~~ = Franco Comotti .jpg \| birth_date = {{birth date\|1906\|7\|24\|df=y}} ▼ \| caption = \| death_date = {{death date and age\|1963\|5\|10\|1906\|7\|24\|df=y}} ▼ \| birth_name = Gianfranco Comotti \| nationality = {{flagicon\|ITA}} Italian ▼ ▲\| birth_date = {{~~birth~~Birth date\|1906\|707\|24\|df=y}} \| Years = {{F1\|1950}}, {{F1\|1952}} ▼ \| birth_place = [[Brescia]], [[Lombardy]], Italy \| Team(s) = [[Maserati in motorsport\|Maserati]], [[Scuderia Ferrari\|Ferrari]] ▼ ▲\| death_date = {{~~death~~Death date and age\|1963\|505\|10\|1906\|707\|24\|df=y}} \| Races = 2 ▼ \| death_place = [[Bergamo]], [[Lombardy]], Italy ~~\| Championships = 0~~ \| ~~Wins~~module1 = 0 {{Infobox F1 driver\|embed=yes \| Podiums = 0 ▼ ▲ \| Nationality ~~nationality~~ = {{flagicon\|ITA}} Italian \| Points = 0 ▼ ▲\| \| Years = {{F1\|1950}}, {{F1\|1952}} \| Poles = 0 ▼ ▲\| \| Team(s) = [[Maserati in motorsport\|Maserati]], [[Scuderia Ferrari\|Ferrari]] \| Fastest laps = 0 ▼ ▲\| \| Races = 2 \| First race = [[1950 Italian Grand Prix]] ▼ \| Championships ~~First~~ ~~win~~ = = 0 \| Wins ~~Last~~ ~~win~~ = = 0 ▲\| \| Podiums = 0 \| Last race = [[1952 French Grand Prix]] ▼ ▲\| \| Points = 0 }} ▲\| \| Poles = 0 ▲\| \| Fastest laps = 0 ▲\| \| First race = [[1950 Italian Grand Prix]] ▲\| \| Last race = [[1952 French Grand Prix]] \| module2 = {{Infobox Le Mans driver\|embed=yes \| Years = {{24hLM\|1938}} \| Teams = Ecurie Bleue \| Best Finish = DNF ({{24hLM\|1938}}) \| Class Wins = 0 }}}}}} '''Gianfranco ~~"Franco"~~ Comotti''' (~~July~~ 24, July 1906 – ~~May~~ 10, May 1963) was an Italian [[~~Italy\|Italian~~racing driver]] ~~racecar driver~~.<ref name="Franco Comotti short biography">{{cite web\|url=http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/dc.htm#COM\|title=Gianfranco "Franco" Alessandro Maria Comotti (I)\|work=kolumbus.fi\|accessdate=October 21, 2017\|archive-date=February 17, 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217235813/http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/dc.htm#COM\|url-status=dead}}</ref> He participated in two World Championship [[Formula One]] Grands Prix, debuting on 3 September 1950. He scored no championship points. He also participated in numerous non-Championship Formula One races. ==Racing career== A native of [[Bergamo]], he first appeared at the [[1928 Italian Grand Prix]] in one of Scuderia Materassi’s [[Talbot (automobile)\|Talbot]]s. After this race Comotti disappeared from the racing scene, ~~but~~later hewithdrawing his entry into the [[1929 Indianapolis 500]].<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Gianfranco Comotti \|url=http://www.champcarstats.com/drivers/ComottiGianfranco.htm \|access-date=2024-03-04 \|website=www.champcarstats.com}}</ref> He returned in 1931, ~~when he won~~winning the cyclecar race at the Circuito di Alessandria in a [[Salmson]]. He then brought an Alfa Romeo Monza sports car to [[Scuderia Ferrari]] in Modena for servicing and became an official driver for the team in 1932. In [[1934 Grand Prix season\|1934]] Comotti won the [[Grand Prix du Comminges]] for Ferrari. Later that year he finished third at the 1934 [[1934 Italian Grand Prix\|Italian Grand Prix]] together with [[Carlo Felice Trossi]]. Comotti continued to drive for Ferrari until the end of [[1935 Grand Prix season\|1935]].<ref name="Franco Comotti short biography" /> In 1937 Comotti moved to [[France]] and joined the [[Automobiles Talbot France\|Talbot]] team as a test driver. He tested cars for clients and was a reserve driver for the racing team. That year he won the [[RAC Tourist Trophy]] at [[Donington Park]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/spo.htm#27\|title=RAC TOURIST TROPHY\|work=kolumbus.fi\|accessdate=December 9, 2016\|archive-date=September 10, 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910052042/http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/spo.htm#27\|url-status=dead}}</ref> Comotti left the team at the end of the season and joined Laurie and [[Lucy O'Reilly Schell\|Lucy ~~Schells’~~Schell]]'s Ecurie Bleue racing for 1938, driving a [[Delahaye]]. That year he made his first Grand Prix start at [[1938 German Grand Prix\|Germany]], and also made his only start at [[1938 24 Hours of Le Mans\|Le Mans]]. But he retired early in both races. After the war Comotti became a test driver of the new [[Talbot-Lago T26C]]. He also made some Grand Prix start with that car in [[1948 Grand Prix season\|1948]]. In [[1950 Formula One season\|1950]] Comotti became a test driver for [[Scuderia Milano]] and also made his first World Championship Formula One Grands Prix at the [[1950 Italian Grand Prix\|Italian Grand Prix]]. He made his second and last World Championship Grand Prix start at the [[1952 French Grand Prix]], driving a [[Ferrari]] for Scuderia Marzotto.<ref name="Franco Comotti short biography" /> Line 87 ⟶ 98: ! 31 \|- !colspan=10\|{{center\|{{small\|Source:<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/main.htm\|title=THE GOLDEN ERA – OF GRAND PRIX RACING\|work=kolumbus.fi\|accessdate=October 21, 2017\|archive-date=June 6, 2011\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606091347/http://www.kolumbus.fi/leif.snellman/main.htm\|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}}} \|} Line 104 ⟶ 115: \|- \| [[1947 Grand Prix season\|1947]] ! [[Edmond Mouche]] ! [[Talbot-Lago\|Talbot]] Spéciale ! [[Talbot-Lago\|Talbot]] 4.0 [[Straight-six engine\|L6]]